Charities to benefit from reduced red tape when taking over public sector contracts

It looks as though the Coalition government will give charities the opportunity to do business with the public sector by cutting the red tape involved in taking over public sector contracts and their staff. TUPE currently prevents the new employer from making changes to pay and conditions (subject to exceptions) and argubly makes it unprofitable to take over these service contracts. David Cameron’s vision for recovery is heavily dependent on a commerically astute third sector and this will be a practical move towards making the Big Society a reality sooner rather than later. More from FT. Coalition will review Tupe regulations – Third Sector.